Inoculant and biologicals manufacturer XiteBio Technologies is offering a new formulation of its SoyRhizo inoculant that the company says delivers application flexibility without compromising quality. XiteBio U.S. sales manager Doug Tigges says the key feature of the new SoyRhizo XV product is a reduced rate application. That benefits growers and seed dealers because “a lot… Read More

Biologicals hold tremendous potential for crop production — there’s growing proof that products that fix nitrogen and help manage plant stress can contribute to higher yields. But it’s still early days for the sector and many manufacturers are working to fine-tune best management practices that will allow growers to see consistent performance when using the… Read More

With so many options on the market for inoculants, all at different price points, what are the most important considerations in choosing the right one? And is a biological necessary? In this episode of RealAgriculture’s Pulse School, Anique Josuttes, technical marketing specialist for seed treatments and inoculants with BASF, says that when it comes to… Read More

Biological inputs are becoming more mainstream among producers as they work to find solutions to abiotic stresses and to maximize yields. When talking with growers, Andrew Geerligs, national sales manager, plant health for FMC, says that there is a lot more talk around the solutions that biologicals can provide than what he experienced as a… Read More

Better together. That’s a simple way to describe what happens when micronutrients and biostimulants join forces to alleviate plant stress. In this report from the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association’s MicroSmart Deep Dive meeting in Kingston, Ont., Agro-100 research and development director Pierre Migner and RealAgriculture’s Bernard Tobin explore the biostimulant-micronutrient connection and how… Read More

Grandmother’s garden is often the first place that children learn about the benefit of having worms in the soil. They learn from an early age that you don’t throw worms away, you put them back into the ground where you found them, says Mike Launer of Annelida Soil Solutions. Annelida has created a business out… Read More

New technology is top of mind in this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, hosted by Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson. Between Green Lightning, a plasma technology that essentially is trying to replicate what happens in the atmosphere as lightning strikes to create nitrogen to create N on-farm, and a biological process coming out of Australia… Read More